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Bacon of the Sea posted:On a related note, does anyone know how many clubs have a category one academy in England? As of January (http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2013/01/25/3699412/arsenal-liverpool-tottenham-win-top-academy-grade-but): Arsenal Aston Villa Bolton Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich Southampton Stoke Sunderland Tottenham West Brom West Ham Wolves
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Ghana just beat Iraq for the third place.
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Polidoro posted:Old or not, someone should buy that Ali Adnan guy cause that guy can play. I heard he could stay at Turkey and play for Galatasaray.
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double post, but the final's about to get underway. i am excited.
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0-0 at half time. Uruguay with two changes since the last game and it isn't working, the new defender (Velazquez) will get a red card anytime now and Avenatti is the best creator of France's chances. Verzeri should sub in Varela for Velazquez and move Gimenez to the center of defense before it's too late.
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I'm starting to hate penalties.
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Wow way to be poo poo at penalties Polidoro.
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gently caress this gay earth. Velazquez was laughing like an idiot after missing.
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Welp, it was a good game anyway. I thought France would crush us and they didn't. In a couple of years this generation might play a real WC and lose their third WC final.
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Polidoro posted:Welp, it was a good game anyway. I thought France would crush us and they didn't. In a couple of years this generation might play a real WC and lose their third WC final. At least you're not an American. Christ.
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The NextGen series for 2013-14 has been cancelled due to "funding issues", but they apparently have a sponsor lined up for the following season and it will resume then. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2395446/NextGen-Series-suspended-season-failing-secure-funding.html
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trem_two posted:The NextGen series for 2013-14 has been cancelled due to "funding issues", but they apparently have a sponsor lined up for the following season and it will resume then. Balls. I quite enjoyed following the last couple of years.
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trem_two posted:The NextGen series for 2013-14 has been cancelled due to "funding issues", but they apparently have a sponsor lined up for the following season and it will resume then. oh wow that sucks, think it was great for the kids to get to go all over europe
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Isn't there an U-21 Champions League now or something like it?
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Gigi Galli posted:Isn't there an U-21 Champions League now or something like it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Youth_League It's a 19 and under league but it's only for teams that qualified for the Champions league.
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trem_two posted:The NextGen series for 2013-14 has been cancelled due to "funding issues", but they apparently have a sponsor lined up for the following season and it will resume then. another accurate prediction from me, Iggy Pop Barker
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Mini-shout to Reading u19 and Iceland striker Sammi Fridjonsson. He scored the winner against Arsenal today and against France last week to help take Iceland through to the elite stage of the European u19 championships.
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Thread has been dead for a while but I found this to be an interesting read on Arsenal's Gideon Zelalem. The article title is pure click bait but the actual content is quite interesting and also poses potential problems should be actually decide to play for the US internationally (he'd essentially lose his German citizenship which would eliminate his EU rights and cause problems with his ability to play first team football for Arsenal). http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/24/gedion-zelalem-arsenal-next-fabregas
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Akileese posted:Thread has been dead for a while but I found this to be an interesting read on Arsenal's Gideon Zelalem. The article title is pure click bait but the actual content is quite interesting and also poses potential problems should be actually decide to play for the US internationally (he'd essentially lose his German citizenship which would eliminate his EU rights and cause problems with his ability to play first team football for Arsenal). I posted it in the FA Cup thread but he's a huge talent and I laughed at the article headline.
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Reading's U18 side beat Liverpool last night to progress to the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup. The last time Reading got this far in the cup their squad included Jem Karacan, Alex McCarthy, Gylfi Siguršsson, Alex Pearce, Simon Church, James Henry and Hal Robson-Kanu. I can't remember the last time a single youth team produced 6 premiership and international regulars. The U21s play Arsenal in the League Cup semi-final on Saturday, the team has recently played with six first year scholars (16/17yo). We totally have one of the best youth setups in England now, will be fantastic to see more of these players break into the first team. Some of the youth players said recently that one reason it's working so well is that players are regularly given the chance to step up and play with older age groups and that everyone regularly trains and socialises with people from other age groups including the 1st team.
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Arsenal U19 v Barcelona U19 is on Eurosport now, started a couple of minutes ago. It's the quarter final of the Uefa Youth League. @Arsenal U-19s v Barcelona: Iliev, Bellerin, OConnor, Pleguezuelo, Ormonde-Ottewill, Olsson, Zelalem, Gnabry, Toral, Maitland-Niles, Akpom Gnabry, Zelalem, Olsson and Bellerin are the most promising Arsenal players I guess.
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Isn't Gnabry a fairly regular member of the first team? Why is he still playing in the U19?
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Dunban posted:Isn't Gnabry a fairly regular member of the first team? Why is he still playing in the U19? He didn't play this weekend and he'll only be on the bench against the Chels, so I guess they're keeping him match fit.
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Dunban posted:Isn't Gnabry a fairly regular member of the first team? Why is he still playing in the U19? They probably want to give him more game time. I imagine he's third or lower in the depth chart to play on the right wing which oxlade-chamberlain, rosicky, and walcott in front of him.
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Reading u18s will play Fulham in the FA Youth Cup semis, dates to be confirmed but both legs to be shown live on ITV4. After beating Arsenal in the semis this week, Reading u21s will play either Manchester City or Burnley in the two legged Barclays U21 Premier League final between 31st March and 14th April.
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Here's a lovely long video of the Reading U18s FA Youth Cup highlights ahead of tomorrow's semi against Fulham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lRTD-b27s
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Exciting 3-2 win highlights. Reading were brave with 10 men for most of the match after a tough penalty call, and their left back Owusu was really impressive again (until he cramped up) but Moussa Dembele is just the most poo poo-hot player at this level. He had a wretched game and managed a hat trick, what does that say about him? Patrick Roberts also incredible and reminds me of a young Steeeeed Malbranque. Also if anyone's interested in youth football then the international club youth competition The Dallas Cup kicks off its 35th tournament on Sunday (runs for 8 games, the finalists will play 5 matched). Fulham are the reigning super-group champions returning to defend our trophy. Last year we won our group beating Coritiba (Brazil) Eintracht Frankfurt and LA Galaxy, before defeating Fluminese in the semis and a Japanese team called Kashiwa Reysol 5-1 in the final (all the goals are here). Other teams that were there were Man Utd (who lost to Kashiwa in the group stages), Club America, and Tigres. This year's brackets:  So anyone interested in the USMNT of the future might be interested in watching. Last time around all the games were streamed on the web (KickTV) and they're also on telly in some states. U-18s football can be really enjoyable to watch. It's not as physical as the full adults but instead it's a very quick, technically superb game. For me it's a bit like the distinction that women's tennis has (when it isn't dominated by physically imposing players).
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Dembele is absolutely fantastic, it's hard to believe he's only 17. Reckon he'll push for the 1st team next year? 10 man Reading U21s lost the first leg of the Premier League cup final away to Man City 3-2. We're home for the second leg on the 19th. Andy Cole's son Devante looked pretty decent.
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He started our last home game so I'd say he is already pushing the first team, although he has been released for the Dallas Cup so he won't be in the squad tomorrow. Whether he pushes further next year probably depends on what division we're in, and if someone comes in with £5m+ for him in the summer.
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James Wilsons getting a fair bit of hype here at Man United. He made the bench for the first team the other night against Newcastle, and has been scoring for fun in the youth team https://vine.co/v/M5uV3heFi39 https://vine.co/v/MJdYz7BOYO2 And a article on him from one of the bloggers who attends the reserve matches - http://therepublikofmancunia.com/uniteds-next-star-is-already-in-the-ranks/
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Alan dzagaev looked like a lock for the WC until he suffered an injury, being shot in the leg on a boat last year
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Wilson is boss. He is not quite in the 'obviously good enough for the first team' category like Pogba/Januzaj etc but he's getting better all the time and it would be cool to see him given some minutes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjAufqD04M This guy the hottest prospect in Argentina atm.
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  This past weekend the Reading U21s beat Man City and lifted the U21 Premier League cup, while the under 14s booked their coach to Wembley having defeated Man Utd, Arsenal, Fulham and West Brom in the knock out stages of the Nike Trophy. Apparently Man City are in for Aaron Kuhl too, but that's probably piss. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2609487/Aaron-Kuhl-wanted-Man-City-Manuel-Pellegrini-lines-lines-Reading-youngster.html
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Burqa King posted:Alan dzagaev looked like a lock for the WC until he suffered an injury, being shot in the leg on a boat last year I hate when this happens to young players. So many careers ruined by being shot in the leg on a boat.
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Fulham v Chelsea in the FA Youth cup final is on itv4 now A chance to watch the loanees of the future today
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Chelsea got away with a blatant handball in the box and got away with it because of poor refereeing, but then a second ago gave another one away, Dembele tried to chip it in and hosed it up
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Burqa King posted:Alan dzagaev looked like a lock for the WC until he suffered an injury, being shot in the leg on a boat last year Are you saying Dzagoev? Please explain what's happening here. As far as i know, the CSKA Alan is still a lock for the WC and has never been shot in the leg.
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